Blog Archive
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New Client Alert: Chandra Blumberg
Dec 09, 2020
Name: Chandra Blumberg What You Write: Romance Agent: Rachel Brooks What do you love about writing Romance? Rom-coms are a fun, fresh breath of air. I love to write stories that make people laugh and tug at their heartstrings in the best possible way. Creating characters who confront their own struggles on the path to […]
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Don’t Waste Your Query
Dec 08, 2020
As more agents close to queries this time of year, more querying authors are blindly submitting to anyone, and wasting a query. There is a reason I don’t have picture books, YA, or techno-thrillers on my Query Manager genre list. I don’t represent those genres. If that’s what you’re querying I am not the agent […]
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12 Days of Books — Emily Forney
Dec 07, 2020
If, like us, you’re shopping for books to give as gifts, we have 12 days of books that are guaranteed to complete your shopping. We’re starting our usual holiday shopping lists early this year. Like everything else, shipping might be delayed and because we don’t want our gifts to be, we’re starting now. For these […]
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BookEnds Authors Named in Amazon’s Best Books of 2020!
Dec 04, 2020
It’s that time of year again. The weather’s gone cold, online shopping begins en masse, and best of the year lists roll out, stocking booknerds’ shopping carts across the land. We’re thrilled to announce that several BookEnds creators were named some of the Best Books of 2020 by Amazon in the children’s categories. And dare […]
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Crime Reads Names Take It Back as December Must-Read
Dec 03, 2020
We are ecstatic to see that Take It Back by Kia Abdullah was selected by the CrimeReads editors as one of the best upcoming novels in crime, mystery, and thrillers. A huge congratulations to Kia! Here is what CrimeReads had to say: Kia Abdullah’s Take It Back is both a nailbiter of a legal thriller and a […]
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Should I Query in December?
Dec 03, 2020
The question about whether or not to query in December is the probably most-asked in all of publishing. Quick answer–no. Take this to heart because anyone who follows the blog regularly will tell you that I don’t often tell authors not to query. During the so-called summer slowdown, I say query away. We are all […]
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You Finished NaNoWriMo? Congrats! What’s Next?
Dec 01, 2020
Congratulations to all who took part in NaNoWriMo this year! Whether this was your first time or your fiftieth, we hope you accomplished your goal and in the process, learned more about yourself as a writer. Last year, Jessica and James did a video on the BookEnds YouTube channel discussing what comes next. Check it […]
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Who is Making Your Creative Decisions
Dec 01, 2020
Getting feedback on everything from your idea to your manuscript to your query letter is and should be an important part of your writing process. What it shouldn’t do is give someone else creative control of your writing and your book. Some of the most concerning things I hear coming out of writing circles are […]
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12 Days of Books — Moe Ferrara
Nov 30, 2020
If, like us, you’re shopping for books to give as gifts, we have 12 days of books that are guaranteed to complete your shopping. We’re starting our usual holiday shopping lists early this year. Like everything else, shipping might be delayed and because we don’t want our gifts to be, we’re starting now. For these […]
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12 Days of Books — Umaima Saleem
Nov 27, 2020
What better gift this holiday season than an amazing book! We at BookEnds have each crafted our own 12 days of books that can complete your shopping for the holidays. For the following 12 Days of Books, BookEnds’s Umaima Saleem has a few she enjoyed this year. Up first is children’s book, Queen of Physics: […]
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Grateful for Your Donations to the Lance & Kim Lionetti Fund
Nov 26, 2020
Thanksgiving is a day of thanks and today I want to express my gratitude for the publishing community. On November 9th we shared with all of you the news that Kim Lionetti’s husband Lance was diagnosed with leukemia. And you showed up. So many of you donated and sent good wishes. I speak on behalf […]
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New Client Alert — Anoop Judge
Nov 25, 2020
Name: Anoop Judge What you Write: Multicultural fiction and non-fiction Agent: Jessica Faust Why BookEnds? I could say: because it’s an agency that believes in making publishing more inclusive through the #ownvoices titles and marginalized authors they represent. That is indeed true; however, for me, it was all about Jessica Faust. I’ve been listening to her podcast for years. I pitched my previous […]
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